# Looking for a speaker to show case Julia at a London meetup in November

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444
**Category:** Meetups
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444 "2019-10-03T10:58:09Z")
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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/1 "2019-10-03T10:58:09Z")

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Hello,  
I’m organising an evening on modern programming languages for the Open  
Source Specialist Group[1] at BCS London on November 21st. I  
was wondering if someone from this group would be interested in giving a  
talk on Julia? (audience is tech savvy so the more technical aspects are  
welcome)  
Event will be in the evening, 6:30 to 9pm usually, speaker slots are 30  
to 45 mins (speakers discretion).

Sevan

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### Author: ![jgreener64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jgreener64/32/2483_2.png) [@jgreener64](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jgreener64)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/2 "2019-10-03T11:08:00Z")

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@avik, @giordano or @oxinabox might be interested in this.

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### Author: ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/3 "2019-10-03T11:14:13Z")

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@sevan I think the usual suspects from the All England Julia Meetup can come along to be in the audience too. Sounds an interesting meeting.

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/4 "2019-10-03T11:16:18Z")

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That would be really cool, event is free and open to all (need registration just to make sure we’re not over capacity) I will post up the details when the program is finalised.

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/5 "2019-10-03T11:21:08Z")

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Thanks for the heads up, I will wait for a response (discourse mentions as a new user that I can only reply to two people at time)

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### Author: ![oxinabox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oxinabox/32/206603_2.png) [@oxinabox](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oxinabox)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/6 "2019-10-03T11:32:58Z")

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Will it be recorded?

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/7 "2019-10-03T11:56:13Z")

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Yes, but if a speaker would prefer not to have their talk recorded, we’re happy to accommodate.

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### Author: ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/8 "2019-10-03T12:14:59Z")

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I guess you wanted to add a link to the event? 🙂 Sounds cool!

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### Author: ![avik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/avik/32/17_2.png) [@avik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/avik)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/9 "2019-10-03T17:05:55Z")

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I responded to you message on [meetup.com](http://meetup.com) a few days ago. Thanks for reaching out, I’d be happy to speak.

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/11 "2019-10-03T18:16:54Z")

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unfortunately I didn’t receive any messages but it’s cool that things have worked out.  
I need a talk title, very brief talk description and bio. Please include a link to social media/github/gitlab/website url you’d like to share with your bio for the website listing.  
I’ll announce the event here when the listing up but otherwise you can expect to see it on [oshug.org](http://oshug.org), [ossg.bcs.org](http://ossg.bcs.org) or bcsossg on twitter.

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/12 "2019-10-03T18:27:06Z")

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You can reach me via email using [venture37@geeklan.co.uk](mailto:venture37@geeklan.co.uk).

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/13 "2019-10-07T19:05:11Z")

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Are you ok to pass on those details?

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### Author: ![sevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sevan/32/10602_2.png) [@sevan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sevan)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-a-speaker-to-show-case-julia-at-a-london-meetup-in-november/29444/14 "2019-10-29T11:55:52Z")

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Registration link (ignore the close time):

> **[An Evening on Modern Programming Languages - Open Source SG](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-on-modern-programming-languages-open-source-sg-registration-79128181521)**
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> November's Open Source Specialist Group will be on the theme of programming languages which have made their way in the world in the past ten years.
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> AGENDA18:00 – Tea,...
